C1886

Cunningham’s Monument.

Artist:

William Crothers Fitler (1857 - 1915)

$A 40

Scarce engraved view of Cunningham’s Monument in Sydney’s Botanical Gardens. The monument commemorates the botanist and explorer Allan Cunningham. (1791-1839). The monument was erected in the centenary year of his exploration of the Darling Downs and the opening of the … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

Cunningham’s Monument.

Date:

C1886

Artist:

William Crothers Fitler (1857 - 1915)

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Hand coloured engraving.

Genuine antique
dated:

1886

Description:

Scarce engraved view of Cunningham’s Monument in Sydney’s Botanical Gardens. The monument commemorates the botanist and explorer Allan Cunningham. (1791-1839).

The monument was erected in the centenary year of his exploration of the Darling Downs and the opening of the road between Brisbane and Warwick.

William Crothers Fitler (1857 - 1915)

Fitler was born in Philadelphia in 1857 and studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He was a tonalist landscape painter and most of his works depict views of New York, Connecticut, or Long Island. Fitler was a member of the Salmagundi Club, New York Watercolor Club, Brooklyn Art Association, Artists Fund Society, and New York Municipal Art Society. Fitler came to Australia with Fred B. Schell and W.T. Smedley to work on Australia's most ambitious and largest colonial publishing venture the, Picturesque Atlas of Australia. On his return to America he exhibited widely and was included in shows at the National Academy (1880-1907), Brooklyn Art Club (1881-1886), and Boston Art Club (1881-1908).

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